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simple questions like who use it without lunch? some kids will be open to answering that and some won't. i did those are some ways to get into it. after-school activities. what are some of the things available? what interests you if your child was interested in something and then suddenly seems to be withdrawing from that i would definitely probe a little further. maybe it is just that their passion has changed their interests change. that's happening all the time that maybe there is a group dynamic in the activity that's become toxic somehow. >> host: when you say that it's the responsibility that all parents in we know they have a tough time finding out that's the given, but the object of finding out what's going on in school is in part to know whether your kid is being hurt, terrorist, bullied but it's also i would imagine important for all parents whether or not their kids are being bullied to find out what their kids role is in the social fabric. parents i've sure that there are lots of parents who think their kids are perfect
simple questions like who use it without lunch? some kids will be open to answering that and some won't. i did those are some ways to get into it. after-school activities. what are some of the things available? what interests you if your child was interested in something and then suddenly seems to be withdrawing from that i would definitely probe a little further. maybe it is just that their passion has changed their interests change. that's happening all the time that maybe there is a group...
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this is an issue that so many of us know that is going on. we know there is an extraordinary number of children being bullied. but it comes down to understanding what it means to have to wake up every day. to know that you will go to school, and to know that you're scared about what is going to happen. so many people who have contributed not only to the book but the film, have never had the opportunity to tell their story before. because either there is no one there to listen or it wasn't recognized as a problem or because we were ashamed or scared. what we wanted to do is give people the opportunity to respond to the issue and to move hearts and minds with a powerful story. and i think that that is another thing that has been effective, not only with bullying, but then helping to build bridges. >> host: one of the standards, and i am hopeful about the responses to when one child hurts another, including bullying, is for them to say that they are sorry. when you think about that? >> guest: yes, we know that in most cases, someone who is told
this is an issue that so many of us know that is going on. we know there is an extraordinary number of children being bullied. but it comes down to understanding what it means to have to wake up every day. to know that you will go to school, and to know that you're scared about what is going to happen. so many people who have contributed not only to the book but the film, have never had the opportunity to tell their story before. because either there is no one there to listen or it wasn't...
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give us a couple of tips, like give us tips that a student could do to reduce the likelihood of bullying or respond in a set or situation. >> this is a reason why we wanted to create this book because one of the things we do in the film is a good shot that making people aware of the extent to which this is happening, but it's a crisis and it's not okay to accept. but we wanted to do was provide people a place to go to when you get to the point where you say okay, we need tools to do this. now what are those tools? one of the things the contributors to the book talk about are what can you do from various perspectives? from the other parents and kids who are either bullied or bystanders and from the u. of educators feared one of the things from the kid's perspective is that there's a lot of power in numbers and where you can have a social dynamic where if you're a young person who knows you have some social cachet in your circle, and your social dynamic, you may feel comfortable than most around you, you may feel more confident. for kids who have the confidence and know they are influentia
give us a couple of tips, like give us tips that a student could do to reduce the likelihood of bullying or respond in a set or situation. >> this is a reason why we wanted to create this book because one of the things we do in the film is a good shot that making people aware of the extent to which this is happening, but it's a crisis and it's not okay to accept. but we wanted to do was provide people a place to go to when you get to the point where you say okay, we need tools to do this....
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and who will start us off? yes, stand up and we will get you a microphone. >> go ahead. >> i would object because there is a basic value in learning and a basic excitement about learning new things if you start paying for that you remove that basic excitement because let's say someone reads a book and they like it, then they like it and they will read another book but if you pay a kid to read a look and give them money they are not going to like it as well. >> so the pain made all their motivation to read. and tell us your name. thank you for that. did you want to add to that? stand up and tell us. >> i disagree with her. i think that you are putting the wrong emphasis on the goal. it isn't necessarily to make money, but to gain knowledge and enjoyment. >> that is the proper goal of teaching and the amount -- tell us your name. >> now we need to hear from someone who thinks that it is worth a try. you have heard the objections. what would you say in defense of this idea? stand up and we will get to the micropho
and who will start us off? yes, stand up and we will get you a microphone. >> go ahead. >> i would object because there is a basic value in learning and a basic excitement about learning new things if you start paying for that you remove that basic excitement because let's say someone reads a book and they like it, then they like it and they will read another book but if you pay a kid to read a look and give them money they are not going to like it as well. >> so the pain made...
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why don't you give us a couple of tips? give us a couple of tips that a student can do to reduce the bullying or to respond in a bullying situation quests. >> guest: this is one of the reasons we wanted to create this book. one of the things that we do in the film is, i think we do a good job of making people aware of the extent to which this is happening and that it's a crisis and it's not okay to accept. what we wanted to do with the book was to be a will to provide people a place to go to when you get to that point where you see this and you say okay, we need tools to do this, now what are those tools? so one of the things that a number of the contributors to the book talk about are what can you do from various perspectives, from the perspective of a parent, from the perspective of kids who are either wholly or bystanders or bullied themselves and from the perspective of educators? i think one of the things from the kid's perspective is that there is a lot of power in numbers and i think that where you can have the socia
why don't you give us a couple of tips? give us a couple of tips that a student can do to reduce the bullying or to respond in a bullying situation quests. >> guest: this is one of the reasons we wanted to create this book. one of the things that we do in the film is, i think we do a good job of making people aware of the extent to which this is happening and that it's a crisis and it's not okay to accept. what we wanted to do with the book was to be a will to provide people a place to go...
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took us in the wrong direction, and e distracted us on the real problem. and that's where you'll fined the bipartisan consent. >> on the voter registration front, we saw multiple states put laws in place in 2010, that mate it harder to vote. there's no remarks really in wisconsin, if you want to register a voter, which is one of the mostest most paste trot trick things you can do, you should have to register in all 1,800 municipalities. there's no re reason for that. that doesn't make our elections -- there is know reason you should do that. the only reason to do that is republicans wanted to make it harder for us to do voter registration, and it was a partisan thing wimp saw the same thing in florida. with governor scott. they tried to put laws in place, later thrown out by the court, that maded harder to register voter. we should make it easier. there are great states that made it easier to ridge city and i applaud nevada and the states, like colorado, the they have to work on their web site. if you let somebody register online, you have to make the web
took us in the wrong direction, and e distracted us on the real problem. and that's where you'll fined the bipartisan consent. >> on the voter registration front, we saw multiple states put laws in place in 2010, that mate it harder to vote. there's no remarks really in wisconsin, if you want to register a voter, which is one of the mostest most paste trot trick things you can do, you should have to register in all 1,800 municipalities. there's no re reason for that. that doesn't make our...
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with us here in the gallery today. to their strength and sacrifices have been indispensablevice to y public service.great numb o i amf also very much indebted td a great number of talented andee loyal friends who have served with me in the senate, including, by my count, more of than 300 senators, hundreds of, personal and committee staff members, and more than a thousand students in turns.f in my experience it is difficulo to conceive of am better platfos than which to devote oneself toh public service and the searchtio for solutions, the national and international problems.ounders's at its best this said is one of the founders most important been creations.itical a great deal has been written recently about political discord in the united states. with some commentators judging that partisanship high. having seen quite a few periods in the congress when political struggles were portrayed in this way, i hesitate to describe our current state as the most partisan ever, but i do believe that as an institution, we have no
with us here in the gallery today. to their strength and sacrifices have been indispensablevice to y public service.great numb o i amf also very much indebted td a great number of talented andee loyal friends who have served with me in the senate, including, by my count, more of than 300 senators, hundreds of, personal and committee staff members, and more than a thousand students in turns.f in my experience it is difficulo to conceive of am better platfos than which to devote oneself toh...
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if all of us, every single day instruct others around them, all of us carry this toxin that is kindness in us, and we shouldn't keep it for ourselves. one last example that happenedded to me. somebody -- it was a snowy day in new york. i was coming here. i was a 20-something starting in newark, sloshing around on the slushy day, and i remember coming to a pool of slush that was deep, probably like shin deep, and i was looking at it. i see an older african-american woman pushing a cart, you know what i'm talking about? the metals, mesh-type cart. i'll help this woman, of course, through the slush ocean, and then this guy jumped up, a white conservatively dressed guy who i would have had, at that time, never assumed would have gone and walk in the slush in the shoes that are like my monthly allowance, slush in the shoes, brings the woman over to the side, smiles at the woman, woman smiles at him, and i witnessed that. my day changed. that made me open and more accepting and loving. you never know what an act can do to make that change. that's what the world needs desperately because we ar
if all of us, every single day instruct others around them, all of us carry this toxin that is kindness in us, and we shouldn't keep it for ourselves. one last example that happenedded to me. somebody -- it was a snowy day in new york. i was coming here. i was a 20-something starting in newark, sloshing around on the slushy day, and i remember coming to a pool of slush that was deep, probably like shin deep, and i was looking at it. i see an older african-american woman pushing a cart, you know...
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send us an e-mail. at booktv.org or twitter on slash booktv. >> if we turn away from the needs of others we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffering. >> the white house is a bully pulpit and you ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> had little antennas that went up and told me when somebody had their own agenda. >> so much influence in the office. it would be a shame to waste it. >> i think they serve as a window on the past to what was going on with american women. >> she becomes the chief confidante. she is really in a way the only one in the world he can trust. >> many of the women that were first ladies they were writers, journalists. they wrote books. >> they are in many cases quite frankly more interesting as human beings than their husband, if only because they are not first and foremost defined and consequently limited by political ambition. >> dolly was a both socially adept and politically savvy
send us an e-mail. at booktv.org or twitter on slash booktv. >> if we turn away from the needs of others we align ourselves with those forces which are bringing about this suffering. >> the white house is a bully pulpit and you ought to take advantage of it. >> obesity in this country is nothing short of a public health crisis. >> had little antennas that went up and told me when somebody had their own agenda. >> so much influence in the office. it would be a shame...
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now that so ridiculous that most of us use other kinds of baselines. we use something called the current policy baseline, which essentially stands all these tax laws. more recently, everybody seems to be able to choose their own baseline. the president has his own peculiar baseline, which takes credit for saving money for ending the war is one example. both simpson, as much as i'd like what they did, they had a brother i'd be fine which is that we didn't continue tax cut to the rich. no wonder the public is totally baffled by all this. i think other countries is the contest of the baseline. if you like the british austerity program, they compare what they propose to what they did last year. the really radical notion. so they, for example propose a tax for health spending on health, they don't compare it to what would have been with the symposium and it's a bit less generous than not. whereas when we talk about reforming social security, talk about cut in benefits, when all we're doing is slowing the growth. if you look at the simpson/bowles for social
now that so ridiculous that most of us use other kinds of baselines. we use something called the current policy baseline, which essentially stands all these tax laws. more recently, everybody seems to be able to choose their own baseline. the president has his own peculiar baseline, which takes credit for saving money for ending the war is one example. both simpson, as much as i'd like what they did, they had a brother i'd be fine which is that we didn't continue tax cut to the rich. no wonder...
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no, how do you have done is and use them safely? >> host: is the book everest to liberals or gun owners or is it addressed to our elected officials? >> guest: to anybody that reads it i hope, but certainly i find a lot of my liberal friends and think we can say this about me your bloomberg come he is so preoccupied with the problem of gun violence in the city that he thinks the only way to think about it is to crack down on everybody's ability to acquire firearms and the district of columbia. >> host: particularly i know you get into the book and there's a lot of this in the book that deals with a concealed carry law who has the right to carry a gun and how you think that should be handled? do you talk about it -- >> guest: i think in general all gun legislation who can own guns aside from these categories we talked about before what circumstances we carry the shuttle be as local as possible. people in new york need different roles than people in new york city in montana or texas the your best able to decide what kind of rules they
no, how do you have done is and use them safely? >> host: is the book everest to liberals or gun owners or is it addressed to our elected officials? >> guest: to anybody that reads it i hope, but certainly i find a lot of my liberal friends and think we can say this about me your bloomberg come he is so preoccupied with the problem of gun violence in the city that he thinks the only way to think about it is to crack down on everybody's ability to acquire firearms and the district of...
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the common moderate to have and use firearms became the pacific duty to use them and called upon. >> host: who was in charge of malicious? >> guest: local commander towns very often have them, new england certainly. later on they became more broadly based. but as tensions and hostilities mounted between the british authorities in the colonists and the approach to the revolutionary war, he was seen by many of the leaders at the time as an advantage that we americans knew how to use firearms. >> host: at this time, was to organize one person in these communities are with this group of volunteers to militias on first and? >> guest: depends on the side of the town. there weren't armed policeman's running around in places like boston, but it was mostly locally based as i understand it. i'm not the world's greatest expert on prerevolutionary history, but it certainly was a sense of duty to serve in the militia when you are called upon. >> host: i know in american history to shot their brain around the world, lexington concorde, everybody knows a little bit about that, but your book touches
the common moderate to have and use firearms became the pacific duty to use them and called upon. >> host: who was in charge of malicious? >> guest: local commander towns very often have them, new england certainly. later on they became more broadly based. but as tensions and hostilities mounted between the british authorities in the colonists and the approach to the revolutionary war, he was seen by many of the leaders at the time as an advantage that we americans knew how to use...
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so they made us go to the southeast corner. so for six months i worked on the third floor in the second quarter would have been tom's old bedroom on the ground floor with the original tom sawyer's, which burned in 1806. so i always thought this was linked here. i wrote a book about the woman in the shower was not janet leigh. as an actress and a model. they wanted everyone to think that was janet leigh. i thought my god in one year this forgotten women. i refers to know she was dead. in one year use cover play role, and francis corporals first movie, the canseco. she was one of the first 10 bunnies in chicago. she wrote stallions for steve mcqueen. so i'm writing this book. i was than his personal involvement. it is a great door in a great woman. gradually i find clues that may be somebody else was killed in her place. somebody saying i was the woman. i went to her she has to go to high school. there was no date, but a remark. maybe find out how she was alive. i've been asking ever about it. send sitting there saying she has to
so they made us go to the southeast corner. so for six months i worked on the third floor in the second quarter would have been tom's old bedroom on the ground floor with the original tom sawyer's, which burned in 1806. so i always thought this was linked here. i wrote a book about the woman in the shower was not janet leigh. as an actress and a model. they wanted everyone to think that was janet leigh. i thought my god in one year this forgotten women. i refers to know she was dead. in one...
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that's a challenge to us. so you take an infantry battalion was cut that really strong base nation and you tried to tell them, hey, here's the context of the geopolitical history of afghanistan to do understand your environment going in, and as general huggins mentioned this one, the take with them what would you want to keep going forward to look to the future as an army. one of those is just as such a super educated, well trained, junior later echelon now that is capable of doing so much more. we can't lose that. so we have to educate them on how to deploy that. the provincial reconstruction team, the usaid, ngos, they ngos, they're working the same battle states, operational lines that we are with the afghan national cicada force. so you have to train your task force to kind of shift your force. human and physical geography and all the baggage that comes with it. and so that was, that was a necessary step we had to take the and every battalion like mine or brigade is doing the same thing. there's a lot of d
that's a challenge to us. so you take an infantry battalion was cut that really strong base nation and you tried to tell them, hey, here's the context of the geopolitical history of afghanistan to do understand your environment going in, and as general huggins mentioned this one, the take with them what would you want to keep going forward to look to the future as an army. one of those is just as such a super educated, well trained, junior later echelon now that is capable of doing so much...
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please join us there. thank you. [applause] >> my name is susan novotny and i'm the owner of the book house of stuyvestant plaza in beautiful downtown detroit. where now at the stuyvesant bookstore and we been here since 1975. we sell books. real books, books that you can hold in your hand, crack open, cuddle up in a chair with, those kinds of books. i started out in the publishing industry. i was a sales rep for simon & schuster and now banned putnam. that was back in the 70's and 80s and i sell books all over upstate new york and throughout new england. after about 10 years of that lifestyle i decided i wanted to go to the other side of the counter and sell books. so i went to work or the bookstore here in the plaza and i eventually bought into the business and then bought the business out. and so i have been co-owner since 1991. it's been an up-and-down history since then. shortly after he purchased the store, with a small business administration loan, it was lynn barnes & noble and borders moved in and literally
please join us there. thank you. [applause] >> my name is susan novotny and i'm the owner of the book house of stuyvestant plaza in beautiful downtown detroit. where now at the stuyvesant bookstore and we been here since 1975. we sell books. real books, books that you can hold in your hand, crack open, cuddle up in a chair with, those kinds of books. i started out in the publishing industry. i was a sales rep for simon & schuster and now banned putnam. that was back in the 70's and...
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the right, the common law right to have and use firearms came with a civic duty to use them when called upon. >> host: who was in charge of the militias? >> guest: well, local commanders, towns had them, in new england certainly, and later on, they became more broadly based, but as tensions and hostilities mounted between the british authorities and the colonists, the approach to revolutionary war, it was seen by many of the leaders at the time as an advantage that we americans knew how to use firearms. >> host: the -- at this time was there organized law enforcement in the communities, or was in effect, this group of volunteers or militia, was that the law enforcement? >> guest: depends on the size of the town, but there were not armed policemen running around in places like boston and philadelphia, but, sure, there were -- it was mostly locally based as i understand it. i'm not the world's greatest expert on pre-revolutionary history, but it was -- there certainly was a sense of duty to serve in militia when called upon. >> host: i know in military history, shots rang around the world
the right, the common law right to have and use firearms came with a civic duty to use them when called upon. >> host: who was in charge of the militias? >> guest: well, local commanders, towns had them, in new england certainly, and later on, they became more broadly based, but as tensions and hostilities mounted between the british authorities and the colonists, the approach to revolutionary war, it was seen by many of the leaders at the time as an advantage that we americans knew...
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the chaplain: let us pray. eternal spirit, give this day to our senators hope that survives after taking into account all the challenges and setbacks that might push thinking people toward pessimism. during this season of hope, remind them that faith may put them on the road to laudable accomplishments, but hope must keep them there. may our patriotism be rooted in hope rather than in pride, so that we may not think of ourselves more highly than we should. fill us with joy and peace so is that by the power of your holy spirit we may abound in hope, remembering that peace does not necessarily come through strength, but strength usually comes through peace. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the
the chaplain: let us pray. eternal spirit, give this day to our senators hope that survives after taking into account all the challenges and setbacks that might push thinking people toward pessimism. during this season of hope, remind them that faith may put them on the road to laudable accomplishments, but hope must keep them there. may our patriotism be rooted in hope rather than in pride, so that we may not think of ourselves more highly than we should. fill us with joy and peace so is that...
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he grossed about it at times but also made remarks that allowed as how the militia was a useful thing to have. he couldn't have bit the continental army without the existence of the militias and people who had been in the militias, and more importantly, volunteers and others who knew how to use firearms, and that was key. >> host: people were using these on the frontier, protection against the indians, native americans, hunting, and then in the colonies, some sense of responsibility nor the common good. >> guest: the command law right to have and use firearms came with a civic duty to use them when called upon. >> host: who was in charge of the militias? >> guest: local commanders, towns. they had them in new england, certainly. later on, they became more broadly based, but as tensions and hostilities mounted between the british authorities authorie colonists, in the approach to revolutionary war, it was seen by many of the leaders at the time as an advantage that we americans -- we knew how to use firearms. >> host: at this time was there organized law enforcement? these communities?
he grossed about it at times but also made remarks that allowed as how the militia was a useful thing to have. he couldn't have bit the continental army without the existence of the militias and people who had been in the militias, and more importantly, volunteers and others who knew how to use firearms, and that was key. >> host: people were using these on the frontier, protection against the indians, native americans, hunting, and then in the colonies, some sense of responsibility nor...
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eight years later the banks took us into the soup again. first time, shame on us. we didn't understand we should we did this way. shame on them. second time, shame on us. what do i mean? here is the hard part than may's that some folks but let me plow ahead. we have to face the fact that an undemocratic economic system rooted in the way of organizing a production that we have left in tact has now given us the second major collapse in 75 years. it has undone most of the achievements of the 1930s and it is now in sufficient power to have made sure that the crisis brought on was responded to by the government bailing out all the folks at the top, the biggest banks, biggest corporations, the stock market. and with all that money sent by the government to bail us out we to realities were left. one, it wasn't enough to overcome the crisis and number 2, the government's probably borrow the money to bail everybody out and that has to be dealt with and the way it will be dealt with is we're going to fire teachers, we're going to cut back on your pensions, we are going to fo
eight years later the banks took us into the soup again. first time, shame on us. we didn't understand we should we did this way. shame on them. second time, shame on us. what do i mean? here is the hard part than may's that some folks but let me plow ahead. we have to face the fact that an undemocratic economic system rooted in the way of organizing a production that we have left in tact has now given us the second major collapse in 75 years. it has undone most of the achievements of the 1930s...
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we live in an age in which distance is dead, in which every sickle one of us -- single one of us could just telecommute in to whatever business employs us, occupying whatever spot appeals to our biofill ya, and yet in so many ways we choose urban life. we choose the inconveniences, the high cost of living in urban areas. despite the fact that the tech no profits and the cyber sears 20 years ago predicted all this new technology would make cities obsolete. and yet google, which of all the companies in the world should have access to the best long distance working technology, what do they do? they build the google plex so their workers can be right next to one another. silicon valley, right? practically the most famous geographic cluster in the world is also the industry which is the most technologically savvy. why is it that all this new technology far from making face to face contact in the cities that make it obsolete seems to be hypercharging our cities? this relatively rosy view is very unlike the new york of my youth. i was born in manhattan in 1967. i say that warily in the boston
we live in an age in which distance is dead, in which every sickle one of us -- single one of us could just telecommute in to whatever business employs us, occupying whatever spot appeals to our biofill ya, and yet in so many ways we choose urban life. we choose the inconveniences, the high cost of living in urban areas. despite the fact that the tech no profits and the cyber sears 20 years ago predicted all this new technology would make cities obsolete. and yet google, which of all the...
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flashing red was a term that was used in conversation with us by an official of the state department, and it couldn't have been more correct. all the evidence was flashing red that we had put american personnel in benghazi in an increasingly dangerous situation with violent is slammist -- violent islamicist extremists having occurred there with attacks on our mission there, two others prior to that year, and yet we did not give them the security that they needed to protect them, and we did not make the decision that i believe we should have made since we didn't provide them with the security that we should have closed our mission there. and as a result, people really suffered. mr. president, we recognize that the congressionally mandated accountability review board at the department of state has issued a report on the events in benghazi, and i think it was an excellent report. there are other committees of congress continuing with their own investigations, and each of these will and should make a valuable contribution to our understanding of what happened at benghazi so that we can ta
flashing red was a term that was used in conversation with us by an official of the state department, and it couldn't have been more correct. all the evidence was flashing red that we had put american personnel in benghazi in an increasingly dangerous situation with violent is slammist -- violent islamicist extremists having occurred there with attacks on our mission there, two others prior to that year, and yet we did not give them the security that they needed to protect them, and we did not...
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it can make us all safer. but the challenge is getting from here to there x that's going to take three things. first, it's going to take technical standards. the fcc's at work on that with our public safety colleagues. second, it's going to take a lot of coordination. the agency will need to work with the more than 6,000 public safety answering points around this country as well as carriers to produce that kind of outcome. and finally, it's going to take funding. and to that end, i would note in the middle class tax relief as a result of this committee, there is up to $115 million in grant funds available for next generation 911. that's a terrific resource, and it's my hope that the public safety answering points from around this country will benefit from that. >> thank you. and, commissioner clyburn, if i could squeeze in a question to you, you've been an advocate for wireless consumers and the importance of or competition as more americans, especially economically-vulnerable populations, rely exclusively on
it can make us all safer. but the challenge is getting from here to there x that's going to take three things. first, it's going to take technical standards. the fcc's at work on that with our public safety colleagues. second, it's going to take a lot of coordination. the agency will need to work with the more than 6,000 public safety answering points around this country as well as carriers to produce that kind of outcome. and finally, it's going to take funding. and to that end, i would note...
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do they want to just take her business away from us? and abandon us? or did they realize that they will fail if we fail? souvenir publishing industry does have a good question to answer as they go through this merger process is do you want your independent booksellers, your brick-and-mortar booksellers because i wouldn't even include urns and nobles in there, do you want them to survive? or do you just want to get weaker? we've always been at the forefront of anything that could help us in the technology world. we got the database together back in the early 80s and were one of the first to go onto a computer system. so we wrapped her mind around that project, they were able to make the story more profitable. but over the years, most recently is in order to diversify we started our own digital book on demand called the trade bookmakers, where we make books. we've literally, physically make books. we take the manuscript, format it into a book, print the pages commented domingo, minette, sloppy cover on it and we made beautiful books for our local authors
do they want to just take her business away from us? and abandon us? or did they realize that they will fail if we fail? souvenir publishing industry does have a good question to answer as they go through this merger process is do you want your independent booksellers, your brick-and-mortar booksellers because i wouldn't even include urns and nobles in there, do you want them to survive? or do you just want to get weaker? we've always been at the forefront of anything that could help us in the...
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they would punish many of us. many doctors would take on patients that were obese from low socioeconomic status, patients that we know will have a tough time with all of. and the outcomes are going to look back. we guarded the public availability of data for a long time. that was a part of that. but now we have new metrics. the field of measuring quality has matured. the doctors groups have gotten together and create formulas to measure quality in ways that are fair and risk-adjusted. we have cardiology professional associations and the times when you say i am having chest pain to the time when you say you have an ekg is a marker of quality. the surgeons groups have come up with formulas to measure complication rates. and they are measuring complication rates, and it turns out that some hospitals, the complication rates are 400% of that of other hospitals, all of which are good hospitals. now we have a dilemma as a society based on these advances in the last two years. we believe the public has a right to know abo
they would punish many of us. many doctors would take on patients that were obese from low socioeconomic status, patients that we know will have a tough time with all of. and the outcomes are going to look back. we guarded the public availability of data for a long time. that was a part of that. but now we have new metrics. the field of measuring quality has matured. the doctors groups have gotten together and create formulas to measure quality in ways that are fair and risk-adjusted. we have...
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he writes about this and i used him. basically the idea is that hamilton and washington and everyone was saying during the war, these british are making us pay. they created this idea public debt and that funds their army and its horrible. they are making us pay as columnist. we have to pay the higher prices on stuff to fund their debt. they go to war and its horrible. they come to the army and they say why don't we start the public debt. we will start that whole sinking fund thing which they do and after the war hamilton is trying to create the modern economy that people extol him for now and it's a great giant financial thing but to pay for you know the bonds, the profit on the bond, they are basically using these farmers to boil it all down the tax. >> it sounds to me like trouble. >> exactly, exactly so washington gets off his horse and he turns around. he gets off then he turns back to washington after he makes it halfway there. he turns around and carlisle and hamilton takes it on. hamilton who is the great rival w
he writes about this and i used him. basically the idea is that hamilton and washington and everyone was saying during the war, these british are making us pay. they created this idea public debt and that funds their army and its horrible. they are making us pay as columnist. we have to pay the higher prices on stuff to fund their debt. they go to war and its horrible. they come to the army and they say why don't we start the public debt. we will start that whole sinking fund thing which they...
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tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >> i don't want to spoil the book for you, so that me just say that the year began with the american republic in grave danger. the union armies were struggling to grow virtually overnight from a few thousand men scattered across the continent to more than half a million. the inexperienced officers rushed into command of the ross volunteers were stymied by the sheer size of the breakaway confederate states of america which covered a space larger than the entire european territory conquered by napoleon. lincoln's closest adviser was secretary of state william henry seward. seward said that even they fail to see the difficulty of the union's task cannot apprehending the vast extent of the rebellion as he put it. military operations to be successful must be on a scale hitherto practically unknown in the art of war. >> the second year of the civil war, the strange federal government and we can in forces. 1862 and abraham lincoln's rise to greatness at 830 eastern, part
tweet us your feedback. twitter.com/booktv. >> i don't want to spoil the book for you, so that me just say that the year began with the american republic in grave danger. the union armies were struggling to grow virtually overnight from a few thousand men scattered across the continent to more than half a million. the inexperienced officers rushed into command of the ross volunteers were stymied by the sheer size of the breakaway confederate states of america which covered a space larger...
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it was the second and this time he used notes which he hadn't used the first time and they got it right. so that chapter in my book is called the did it again. in 1965 lady bird johnson became the first first lady told the bible as it was administered. that has been the case of persons. you can see from kennedy's inauguration jackie kennedy's office in the picture she isn't holding the bible. it was instead held by james brown and who was a clerk of the supreme court. a few more pictures to show you. here's ronald reagan swearing in, jimmy carter old when president is off to the right of the picture and here is bill clinton in 1993. now here is 1985, this is the second inauguration and notice it's a different locale and the reason is because the weather was so bad in washington, d.c. in 1985 it was a windshield factor of below zero everything got canceled. the parade got canceled, they moved the oath taking in doors into the capitol rotunda so there were only about a thousand people squeezed in. weather has been a problem at times i mentioned. this is an old picture from 1989 a lot of r
it was the second and this time he used notes which he hadn't used the first time and they got it right. so that chapter in my book is called the did it again. in 1965 lady bird johnson became the first first lady told the bible as it was administered. that has been the case of persons. you can see from kennedy's inauguration jackie kennedy's office in the picture she isn't holding the bible. it was instead held by james brown and who was a clerk of the supreme court. a few more pictures to...
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jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war lasted how long? >> well, for the british and french, it lasted about three days. the israelis it continued a little bit longer, about three, four days because israel started it. the invasion of the suez canal occurred on november 3 or 4 and israel launched their attack on the 29th of october. >> who led the country then? >> david was the prime minister. >> where were people like ariel sharon? were they involved? >> ariel sharon was involved in a very controversial action. this gets complicated, right. as part of the deal with britain and france and israel, israel was to create a forward faint at the suez canal by dropping paratroopers in and around the mitlah pass. it's the pass that leads from sinai, the interior of sinai to the canal zone. britain and france would issue an ultimatum to israel and egypt saying in order to protect the canal, israel and egypt were to remove their forces from the proximity of the canal within 24 hour
jordan used to control that area in the middle of israel which is the west bank. then you have syria at the top and lebanon. 1956 war lasted how long? >> well, for the british and french, it lasted about three days. the israelis it continued a little bit longer, about three, four days because israel started it. the invasion of the suez canal occurred on november 3 or 4 and israel launched their attack on the 29th of october. >> who led the country then? >> david was the prime...
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it's of no use. could we have suggestions from fema about what the cap should be under what circumstances should communities be able to borrow up to what percentage potentially in the operating budget? $5 million didn't help the city of new orleans. our budget, i want to say, if i could remember this, i think it's about $600 million a year. what would $5 million help the city of new orleans when 80 percent of the operating revenue disappeared overnight? that's an issue for local government. and again, to conclude without getting too much on a soap box. senator is correct. this response cannot be about the of federal government bailing, you know, everybody out for every dollar. it's got to be smart leveraging of the power of the local government to leverage their own asset, and using the power of the private market to leverage the assets we need for smart rebuilding and so those loans are important to leverage the assets of the local government. so we don't have to -- we can do a combination of the gr
it's of no use. could we have suggestions from fema about what the cap should be under what circumstances should communities be able to borrow up to what percentage potentially in the operating budget? $5 million didn't help the city of new orleans. our budget, i want to say, if i could remember this, i think it's about $600 million a year. what would $5 million help the city of new orleans when 80 percent of the operating revenue disappeared overnight? that's an issue for local government. and...
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knock for inviting us. i share your goals of putting more spectrum in to the hands of american consumers, while raising funds for the treasury and a nationwide broadband unpublic safety networking. it's important that the fcc is the earliest stages of developing implement congress' will regarding auctions that will be the most complex in world history. initial are not due until next month. we have to go through a ton of ideas new questions with did not contemplate when we launched last september. it would be premature for me to offer a final opinion where the commission should go with the new auction rules until it's time to vote. nonetheless, the only commissioner before you today who is veteran of two of the largest spectrum auctions in american history, as well as the digital television transition, seems like yesterday, i have learned through a lot through trial and error. sometimes more error than anything else. in our conversation today i hope i can illuminate a path forward. my entire testimony could
knock for inviting us. i share your goals of putting more spectrum in to the hands of american consumers, while raising funds for the treasury and a nationwide broadband unpublic safety networking. it's important that the fcc is the earliest stages of developing implement congress' will regarding auctions that will be the most complex in world history. initial are not due until next month. we have to go through a ton of ideas new questions with did not contemplate when we launched last...
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to use their freight system, to use their infrastructure. because we don't have enough money to build all the tracks. we need our friends in freight rail. so the idea that it's taken too long, it took 50 years to build the interstate system. and in the beginning not every governor wanted a road running through their state. what do we have today? because of the vision of eisenhower, because of the vision of a congress that said every year we're going to invest in highways, we have a state of the art interstate system. so we have obligated 100% of our recovery act money, 99% of our total program funding. and as a result, 152 projects are now moving forward in 32 states in four years. not fast enough for some, but done the right way, by the book. we have $1.7 billion in construction projects are now underway or completed in 17 states, in four years. not fast enough for some, but pretty darn good and done the right way, by the book. and we have another 1.5 billion in job-creating projects that'll break ground in the next six months. we are alrea
to use their freight system, to use their infrastructure. because we don't have enough money to build all the tracks. we need our friends in freight rail. so the idea that it's taken too long, it took 50 years to build the interstate system. and in the beginning not every governor wanted a road running through their state. what do we have today? because of the vision of eisenhower, because of the vision of a congress that said every year we're going to invest in highways, we have a state of the...
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republicans before us, democrats before us. we can't come together and hope the people and we get this cut up and arthur disputes and problems. shame on us. people will watch and see it. they're certain things way about politics. this superstore in this one of those things. >> wasn't an easy on katrina. you know that, senator. there's lot to debates. i hope some of the folks who're obstacles are ashamed of the behavior. i mean, these people had nothing as well. we can't rise above our political ideologies and we don't belong here. >> well, i think we are going to. i feel confident of that. i ask unanimous consent to enter records by peter king, rosa dora, joe runyan and frank lobiondo. i've been happy we've been joined by representative smith and we will end this order continue. i want to say for those who just came, we are making a record eyewitness account of what happened in world so using your testimony as a way to guide us while we rate the water resources go to do with flood control and prevention. the order now is in goa
republicans before us, democrats before us. we can't come together and hope the people and we get this cut up and arthur disputes and problems. shame on us. people will watch and see it. they're certain things way about politics. this superstore in this one of those things. >> wasn't an easy on katrina. you know that, senator. there's lot to debates. i hope some of the folks who're obstacles are ashamed of the behavior. i mean, these people had nothing as well. we can't rise above our...
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it's hard for us to imagine this now, because we're so used to the feds stepping in and the treasury secretary trying to manage a situation like this. but roosevelt didn't know much about it. the treasury secretary didn't have quite as mu--very much authority. morgan seemed to be the only person who had the ability and the means to do this. so his partners sent him cables in richmond, virginia, about this developing situation, but they didn't want him to come back early because they thought that would spook the already scared market, that if everybody knew that morgan had left this convention to come back to wall street, the panic would get even worse. so he waited till the last possible--till the convention was over, took a night train, arrived at his library on sunday, and spent the day in his library surrounded by his partners and lieutenants, who briefed him on the situation. and then they decided--they sort of did research about the institutions that were in jeopardy and decided which ones should be--were not in very good shape and should be allowed to fail and which ones they o
it's hard for us to imagine this now, because we're so used to the feds stepping in and the treasury secretary trying to manage a situation like this. but roosevelt didn't know much about it. the treasury secretary didn't have quite as mu--very much authority. morgan seemed to be the only person who had the ability and the means to do this. so his partners sent him cables in richmond, virginia, about this developing situation, but they didn't want him to come back early because they thought...
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inside, thank you for joining us. i listen to other comments today and i can't disagree with your comment, but the one thing we all have to look to, especially in a time of why we are here, none of you who claim to be here. we are here debating a fiscal cliff. we're here debating direction of america, we were going to go financially. very responsible ability as members of congress. we are the stewards of public funding. it's rightfully have this hearing again and i vitiated. in december when i came, at least a couple issues. we want to invest in infrastructure. one america to move quickly in the best ways possible. what you want from you also need a plan for her. if the networks, a planned test it, it's an audited in a plan that has a review. i happen to come from california. the happiness in the area and many of you talk about. it's part of where it began. i have ruled out of viability, cost and with them and come in this will ever that is why i joined the chairman, mr. denham, mr. miller at the gao, asking for an au
inside, thank you for joining us. i listen to other comments today and i can't disagree with your comment, but the one thing we all have to look to, especially in a time of why we are here, none of you who claim to be here. we are here debating a fiscal cliff. we're here debating direction of america, we were going to go financially. very responsible ability as members of congress. we are the stewards of public funding. it's rightfully have this hearing again and i vitiated. in december when i...
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i know we all feel like her history teacher let us watch the movies instead of making us read books but she didn't learn enough to pass the test about that air of history. you probably didn't learn more about 1492 then the year that columbus actually did land in america. i don't even know if that's verifiable. it's hard to take information to convey so you have all these different voices and i thought maybe there's a way to synthesize all those voices together and that was, ended up being western wake was a weekly backlog of things that would take normal event to normal speeches things caption already in interweave these things through them. it was very successful in that it was a way for people to catch up on the news if they missed it but more importantly sorted to put things into context. what are the things you can only see from this? i think one is that presidents are not afforded a public voice to show what they are curious people in general. the main thing you can see and backstage footage is what does they president ask about? what is he curious about? what is the follow up on?
i know we all feel like her history teacher let us watch the movies instead of making us read books but she didn't learn enough to pass the test about that air of history. you probably didn't learn more about 1492 then the year that columbus actually did land in america. i don't even know if that's verifiable. it's hard to take information to convey so you have all these different voices and i thought maybe there's a way to synthesize all those voices together and that was, ended up being...
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vermonters know when one of us is hurting, all of us are hurting. vermont appreciated the assistance from other states near and far and from the federal government. new jersey, new york, and other states hit by the superstorm are now depending on us. so let's do the right thing. there's no need for delay. christmas is coming. thousands of families have lost everything. their hope, their futures are in our hands. they need our help. they deserve our help. we are americans, we come together to help. so let us do it. mr. president, i'll speak further on this, but -- i see the distinguished senior senator from new york. he and i have discussed this. he's seen more -- as bad as irene was in vermont, the number of businesses and homes destroyed pales by what he's seen if his state and the neighboring state. so, mr. president, i would yield the floor. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. and first i want to thank our chairman of judiciary and ranking democrat on the appropriations committee for his leadership, his caring, his concern, and his expertise.
vermonters know when one of us is hurting, all of us are hurting. vermont appreciated the assistance from other states near and far and from the federal government. new jersey, new york, and other states hit by the superstorm are now depending on us. so let's do the right thing. there's no need for delay. christmas is coming. thousands of families have lost everything. their hope, their futures are in our hands. they need our help. they deserve our help. we are americans, we come together to...
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and he traveled with us. we met him yesterday, had three or four hours of fascinating discussion, and then he traveled with us today in the morning. he was very close to barack obama, sr. and to obama's patron, onyango, and knows all of the political intrigue in kenya and a lot of the personal promise and flaws of barack obama, sr. >> was he valuable? did you have to listen carefully to what he said? >> well, it was not easy to -- luckily, this is the other thing. you can go on a trip like this unprepared. so i had spent months studying kenya politics, learning everything i could, going to an archive in syracuse that had the kenya archive. a lot of information i got from there. and i really knew a lot of the background. if you just had a conversation cold with leo, you wouldn't have understood a word he said. but i knew where he was going. i knew a lot of the beginnings of the stories, and so yes, i could piece it together, and filled in 100 holes for me. both of politics and of obama's seniors personalized.
and he traveled with us. we met him yesterday, had three or four hours of fascinating discussion, and then he traveled with us today in the morning. he was very close to barack obama, sr. and to obama's patron, onyango, and knows all of the political intrigue in kenya and a lot of the personal promise and flaws of barack obama, sr. >> was he valuable? did you have to listen carefully to what he said? >> well, it was not easy to -- luckily, this is the other thing. you can go on a...
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that is the challenge to us. i know there are many other things i can speak to, but i do believe we've got to be honest in this coming congress. i believe that when it comes to federal elections we have a federal responsibility to make sure that qualified voters don't have obstacles thrown in their path and to those who will, i hope you took a lesson from november 6. there were people who stood there for seven hours to defy you, to tell you that every obstacle you through in their path was another challenge for them to stand and vote and be counted, whatever the time, whatever the cost. thank goodness they did. it was a reaffirmation of who we are as americans. senator whitehouse? >> thank you, chairman. i would just speak very pretty but i'm delighted that we're having this hearing, the right to vote is perhaps the basic american right. it is the anchor of our democracy, and, unfortunately, i believe it is being challenged. i think the modern day republican party has a problem, which is that most of the goals of
that is the challenge to us. i know there are many other things i can speak to, but i do believe we've got to be honest in this coming congress. i believe that when it comes to federal elections we have a federal responsibility to make sure that qualified voters don't have obstacles thrown in their path and to those who will, i hope you took a lesson from november 6. there were people who stood there for seven hours to defy you, to tell you that every obstacle you through in their path was...
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the public has every reason to want to grab us and give us a good shake. we are sleepwalking through this era, lulled as we sleepwalk by the narcotic of corporate money. corporate money out of the polluters and their allies. we are lulled by the narcotic of manufactured doubt, planted in a campaign of disinformation by those same polluters and allies. but, madam president, history is calling us. loud and clear, history is shouting in our ear. we are sleepwalking along oblivious, but people across the country and around the world are counting on us. they are imploring us. we have responsibilities to them. yet here in congress we ignore the facts, we ignore our duties, and we sleepwalk on. it is irresponsible, madam president, and it is wrong. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: madam president, i would like to say a few words about our close, beloved friend, colleague, danny inouye. i'm hard pressed to think of anyone in this body that i respect or love more than danny inouye. his broad smile, his desire to work w
the public has every reason to want to grab us and give us a good shake. we are sleepwalking through this era, lulled as we sleepwalk by the narcotic of corporate money. corporate money out of the polluters and their allies. we are lulled by the narcotic of manufactured doubt, planted in a campaign of disinformation by those same polluters and allies. but, madam president, history is calling us. loud and clear, history is shouting in our ear. we are sleepwalking along oblivious, but people...